Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak tells schoolchildren in the Negev, near Gaza, “not to whine and not to be spineless…We’ve overcome some very difficult things, and we will face even harder things. The state cannot protect your life. We’re not in western Europe or North America.” Israel, Barak said, was a place where “whoever is…
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Anti-Semitism is the least of problems in Venezuela
The global Jewish Diaspora loves to criticise Venezuela under Hugo Chavez for its supposed anti-Semitic attitudes and growing intolerance of Jewry. But this essay in the North American Congress on Latin America debunks many of the myths, highlighting the deliberate mis-information campaign run by Zionist groups in the US and the mainstream media. High-profile critics…
When the Rabbis start speaking out against Gazan outrage
Observing American Rabbis unite over Palestinian rights is an inspiring sight. Back in July, Mondoweiss reported: Thirteen American rabbis have initiated an important new project called Ta’anit Tzedek – The Jewish Fast for Gaza. The rabbis are calling for a communal monthly fast in support of the following goals: To call for a lifting of…
Can you be an Israeli patriot and believe in co-existence?
Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery spoke out against a boycott of his own country last week and received huge condemnation (and probably praise) in the process. I don’t share his optimism in the Israeli people somehow recognising the rights of Palestinians and ending the occupation (he appears to seriously ignore the ever-growing power of the…
The Jewish community has no debate on Israel
The following letter by Michael Brull, blogger for Independent Australian Jewish Voices, appears in today’s Sunday Age: Dvir Abramovich (”There are as many Jewish opinions as there are Jews”, 30/8) quotes approvingly some Jewish declaration that ”most communal roof bodies include a wide range of opinions”. [But] all major communal Jewish organisations support almost everything…
Now the world can see Israeli aggression live on-air
Al Jazeera English on Friday’s weekly protest in the occupied Palestinian town of Bi’lin. We see Israeli troops seemingly directly fire tear gas at the journalist. A violent response to non-violent resistance:
The blood libel allowed questions about Israel’s organ issues to be ignored
The recent controversy over the Swedish newspaper that spuriously claimed Israel steals organs from dead Palestinians was stupid and irresponsible journalism. But, as journalist Shraga Elam explains, the inane Swedish piece obscured some legitimate questions about the subject: There is ample evidence that trade in organs has been done in Israel, at least for the…
The poisoning of the Gaza Strip
A people are being slowly suffocated before our very eyes: The UN and international aid agencies say Israel must relax its blockade of the Gaza Strip to allow urgent repairs to the water and sewage systems. In a joint appeal, the bodies say the hazards to health and the environment threaten not only Gaza but…
Tell us about your non-believing and non-Zionist friend
This Israeli campaign is almost unimaginably crass: A day after mounting a scare-tactic campaign to prevent the assimilation of Diaspora Jews, the Prime Minister’s Office and Jewish Agency received some 200 calls, most of them reporting names of Jews living abroad. However, many callers also blasted the campaign – which describes assimilation as a “strategic…
Paying a dear price for ignoring Palestinian rights
Israeli businessman and West Bank settlement builder Lev Leviev, someone I’ve discussed before on this site, is currently experiencing some serious financial troubles. It couldn’t happen to a nicer man. But, more significantly, are his troubles partially related to the global boycott campaign against his Zionist expansionism? The Alternative Information Centre investigates: On 31 August…